The Strategist Secretly Takes on Tasks to Get Home Behind the Workaholic King

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Features: Farming√ Serious drama√ Living the good life with a fellow workaholic from my homeland, and things keep getting better√ A little court intrigue√ Secretly doing missions with a System while keeping it from the workaholic√

Before transmigrating, the gong was a super-handsome heir to a wealthy family. After transmigrating, he's a workaholic from a noble clan x an upbeat, lively strategist as the shou.

The gong falls for the shou first, and love grows over time o(*≧▽≦)o Once he falls in love, the workaholic gong can't get enough of him, haha.]

(The main text is in third person. The blurb's contents are revealed at least 50 chapters in.)

I'm a modern person, and suddenly I transmigrate to ancient times.

From the start, I'm an undocumented nobody. I find a job tending a butcher's stall, but running the business is still up to me.

I thought this would be a farming and business novel, but then one day, a workaholic showed up in front of my butcher's stall.

At first glance, I could tell his handsome face was cold, and his sharp gaze made a casual sweep of the area. He looked incredibly distinguished and unlike anyone else.

I suspected he was a fellow countryman, but he never let anything slip. He said he admired my talent (though I don't think I have any) and invited me to interview for a strategist position.

There were many other candidates too, and only a few would be selected.

The workaholic had already chosen me, so it was really just a formality.

Once I became his strategist, I had a salary.

And so I veered from a farming novel into a court drama.

But is being a strategist definitely better than being a butcher? Not necessarily.

At the training grounds, I, a timid little quail, silently watched the workaholic's loose robe reveal glimpses of his sexy chest, and his handsome face as he coldly fired arrows.

The workaholic is a martial artist, and he often calls me over to watch him train.

A strategist has to get things done, or keep the workaholic company and offer advice.

Me: I don't dare offend him at all. Is he really a fellow countryman?

Then one day, he was attacked, and naturally, I didn't throw myself in front of him.

Why would I risk my life?

But anyway, he had been pretty good to me.

I wasn't going to risk my life, but I still decided to help. While the assassin and the workaholic were fighting, I grabbed a vase and hurled it at the assassin, who fell to the ground.

Seeing me help him, the workaholic's favorability toward me shot up, and he started treating me a little better.

Some time later, he suddenly called me over and admitted in person that he was a fellow countryman.

After hearing his story, I was deeply moved.

Unlike me, he had been reborn here and had lived from infancy to the present.

In his previous life, he was a wealthy heir, only twenty-three years old. He was killed in a car accident after being set up during a corporate power struggle.

Now he had been reborn here. Looking at the rotten ways of this feudal society, he loathed them from the bottom of his heart. But he wasn't the emperor, so he had to grow stronger.

He was building up his power, hoping to abolish slavery and the system of taking multiple wives and concubines, promote gender equality, and turn this place into a world where everyone was equal.

Of course I clapped and cheered, thinking my fellow countryman was right.

But not long afterward, I activated a System.

The System told me that if I completed missions and earned 10,000 points, I could return to the modern world.

Me: ...I really didn't expect to be this lucky.

I wondered whether I should tell the workaholic about the System so we could complete missions together, but the System said, "Host, I only have enough power to send one person back to the modern world. If you tell the workaholic, I won't be able to take him back."

Me: ...

System: "Besides, the workaholic is smarter than you. If he comes up with a way to steal me, this System, I won't be able to return to your side. Don't let him know I exist."

Me: "You're right. I won't tell him."

At first, I wondered if the System was lying to me. But later, after I completed a few ordinary missions and the points were credited, I spent 200 points to redeem an item called "Remote Family Check-In." I saw that my parents seemed to have aged a lot. They were holding the hand of the "me" in a vegetative state in the hospital, chatting about everyday things, and I burst into tears.

Me: (T▽T) Dad, Mom, I'll definitely come back. Wait for me.

And so, I looked at the workaholic beside me.

He wore a dark blue robe. Not a trace of warmth showed on his handsome face, and coldness radiated from him. Even when he looked at me, his "fellow countryman," he was no less cold.

Me: ...(T_T) Workaholic, you're highborn. You'll live well here. When I go back, I'll burn paper offerings at your grave every Qingming Festival. QAQ

One day, the workaholic, unaware that I could go home, saw how "unconcerned with fame and fortune" I was and thought I was a pretty decent person. He turned around and handed me a pile of silver. "Don't live too frugally. After all, we're going to spend our whole lives here."

Then the workaholic paused, his face solemn. "In this unfamiliar ancient world, you're the only fellow countryman I have. You're the only one I trust."

I took it with a composed expression, thinking: I absolutely can't let the workaholic know I'm going home. Otherwise, he'd be super, super, super angry.

And so, I began a life of secretly doing missions behind the workaholic's back, desperately earning points and trying to get home as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, one day he found out.

My expression crumbled. The workaholic turned around and stared at my face...

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Ye Linyue is a slacker, lying flat and enjoying life. Wallet balance: less than ten thousand.

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But the truth isn't that simple. Only later does he learn that it wasn't the client's parents who tied the red thread. Something much bigger is going on, which explains why it's so hard to break them up.

[World 1 ◆ Complete]

"The Butcher's Younger Son Helps the Handsome Protagonist Gong Break His Matchmaking Red Thread" After Ye Linyue finishes harvesting vegetables and stays home, a handsome man in luxurious robes twirls a folding fan and asks at the door, "Are you the younger son of the only butcher in this village?"

Ye Linyue says yes, and the handsome man smiles. "We're betrothed." ...(Folded. Click the author's profile to read the full version.)

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